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A-Level Biology OCR A

Human Conflict Animals Eat Land Natural Population Numbers

Conflicts in Masai Mara include elephants damaging crops, legal hunting for population balance, livestock-wildlife disease transmission, and human population growth reducing wildlife density.

Konflikteja Masai Marassa ovat elefanttien karkottaminen viljelyksiltä, laillinen metsästys tasapainon säilyttämiseksi, karjan ja villieläinten väliset sairaudet sekä ihmispopulaation kasvu.

Front Describe 4 ways in which there is a conflict between human needs and conservation/preservation in the Masai Mara and suggest how this conflict can be balanced.
Back Human needs v sustainability:
  • Elephants threaten cultivation - trample crops, other animals eat the crops so land is fenced - negative impact on natural migration
  • Legal hunting culls excess animals and maintains population numbers - brings in money for conservation work but numbers must be constantly monitored to ensure natural balance in ecosystem maintained
  • Livestock threatened by migratory wildlife - disease introduction from domestic to wild and vice versa, cattle eat vegetation that could be used by zebras migrating
  • Human population growth - more homes required + land for agriculture - reduces wildlife density significantly

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